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title: "Common Dunnart"
description: "Sminthopsis murina — Mammals. The slender-tailed dunnart (Sminthopsis murina), also known as the common dunnart in Australia, is a dasyurid marsupial."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/common-dunnart
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Common Dunnart

> Sminthopsis murina — Mammals. The slender-tailed dunnart (Sminthopsis murina), also known as the common dunnart in Australia, is a dasyurid marsupial.

- Scientific name: *Sminthopsis murina*
- Category: `mammals` (Mammals)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 211
- Wikidata: [Q194183](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q194183)
- iNaturalist taxon: [40219](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/40219)

## Names

- en: Common Dunnart
- de: Kleine Schmalfußbeutelmaus
- es: Ratón Marsupial de Cola Delgada
- fr: Souris Marsupiale De Tate
- nl: Gewone smalvoetbuidelmuis

## Countries with the most observations

AU (185)

## Summary

The slender-tailed dunnart (Sminthopsis murina), also known as the common dunnart in Australia, is a dasyurid marsupial. It has an average body length of 7 to 12 centimeters (2.8–4.7 in) with a tail length of 5.5 to 13 centimetres (2.2–5.1 in). It weighs 25–40.8 grams for males and 16.5–25.4 grams for females.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slender-tailed_dunnart

## Photo

![Common Dunnart](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/common-dunnart/medium.jpg)

Photo: Max Tibby · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/253268531

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/common-dunnart?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).